On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:39:16AM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:21:16AM +0000, Leon Brocard wrote: > > This email got sent to the YAPC::Europe committee mailing list. I > > thought I'd share it all with you. It's slightly worrying that USians > > are taking it personally. > > > > FWIW my reply was "YAPC is a non-political organisation and run by > > volunteers". > > > > Subject: [yapc-comm] Meeting Location > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 04:18:44 -0500 > > > > It's a shame that YAPC will exclude many potential attendees by being held > > in a country that has so soon forgotten how the western allies went to war > > to free THEM from tyranny and oppression in WW II, and now flaunts itself > > against those very allies when they are attempting to disarm yet another > > ruthless tyrant. > [more drivel snipped] > > I'm amazed how many USians seem to forget the role that France played > in freeing us from evil and still want to hold WWII over them. > Shouldn't we just call it even?
I wonder how many members of Lafayette, Louisiana (for example) know about the role certain French people played in .us's independence... I choose them, particularly, because of /the/ Lafayette's role in such things... > I'm much more worried about our ruthless tyrant than I am about any > others. np: New Model Army - 51st State. > > Consider yourself lucky if the moron who wrote the above doesn't show > up. Maybe he'll picket the conference and I'll have a chance to see what fun one can have with a car battery, some jump leads, a power inverter and his nipples. /joel
